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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion GlossaryAllyship: is the practice of emphasizing social justice, inclusion, and human rights by members of an ingroup, to advance the interests of an oppressed or marginalized outgroup. Allyship is part of the basics of being anti-racist, it puts into use social justice theories and ideals.Disability: a disability means a physical or a mental condition which has a substantial and long-term impact on your ability to do normal day to day activities. Discrimination against people with disabilities is known as ‘ableism’. Discrimination: This means treating one person worse than another person because of a protected characteristic. It can be intentional or not, direct or indirect. Diversity: means that every protected characteristic is represented – that different backgrounds and experiences coexist and are celebrated in the workplace. Equality: is making sure that everyone is fairly treated, which does not necessarily mean ‘equally’ treated as different people have different needs. It relates to the legislative framework in the UK, The Equality Act 2010.Eurocentricity: synonym to eurocentrism, is a worldview that is centered on Western civilization or a biased view that favours it over non-western civilizations. It relates to whiteness.Gender reassignment/trans status: according to the Equality Act, it refers to when your gender identity is different from the gender assigned to you when you were born. Our LGBTQIA+ Network suggests the use of the terminology ‘trans status’ which is more inclusive and will lead us to a place and time where we will be able to use ‘gender’ referring to those who are cisgender and transgender.Gender Identity: gender identity is understood to refer to each person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth.Harassment: This means people cannot treat you in a way that violates your dignity, or creates a hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.?Health inequalities: The preventable differences in health status between groups, populations or individuals that arise from the unequal distribution of social, environmental and economic conditions within societies, which determine the risk of people getting ill, their ability to prevent sickness, or opportunities to act and access treatment when ill health occurs.Heteronormative: is the idea or attitude based on the understanding that heterosexuality is the only normal and natural expression of sexualityHomophobia/Biphobia: is the fear, hatred, discomfort with, or mistrust of people who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Biphobia is fear, hatred, discomfort, or mistrust, specifically of people who are bisexual. Homophobia can take many different forms, including negative attitudes and beliefs about, aversion to, or prejudice against bisexual, lesbian, and gay people. Inclusion: is the culture and feeling that everyone is free to be themselves, that a mix of people can bring their whole selves to work and feel comfortable and confident to be themselves. Inclusion will ensure that everyone feels valued and importantly, adds value.Protected Characteristics: According to the Equality Act 2010, protected characteristics are aspects of a person’s identity that make them who they are. It’s still unlawful to treat an employee differently after revealing one. The 9 protected characteristics are: Age; Disability; Gender reassignment; Marriage and civil partnership; Pregnancy and maternity; Race; Religion or belief; Sex; Sexual orientation.Race: In the Equality Act, race can mean your colour, or your nationality (including your citizenship). It can also mean your ethnic or national origins, which may not be the same as your current nationality. Race also covers ethnic and racial groups. Religion or belief: Religion refers to any religion, including a lack of religion. Belief refers to any religious or philosophical belief and includes a lack of belief. Generally, a belief should affect your life choices or the way you live for it to be included in the definition. Sex/Gender: Assigned to a person on the basis of primary sex characteristics (genitalia) and reproductive functions. Sometimes the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ are interchanged to mean ‘male’ or ‘female’.Sexual orientation: sexual orientation is understood to refer to each person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to, and intimate and sexual relations with, individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. Sexual orientation relates to the relationships people forge, and people can be associated with terminologies as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual etc.Transphobia: is the fear or dislike of someone based on the fact they are trans, including denying their gender identity or refusing to accept it. Transphobia may be targeted at people who are, or who are perceived to be, trans.Victimisation: This is treating someone badly because they have done a ‘protected act’. The reason for the treatment does not need to be linked to a protected characteristic.A protected act?is:making a claim or complaint of discrimination (under the Equality Act)helping someone else to make a claim by giving evidence or informationmaking an allegation that you or someone else has breached the Equality Actdoing anything else in connection with the Equality ActVulnerable groups: for example homeless people, Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, sex workers, vulnerable migrants, people who leave prisonWhiteness: It is an idea that constitutes and demarcates behaviours, feelings, knowledge, social practices, cultural formations, and systems that attributes white people as being superior. ................
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